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Wed, 06/22/2011 - 13:50
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Minister: Necessary Measures Adopted against Possible Cyber Attacks
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi said that his ministry has provided the country's state and private firms and organizations with the necessary security instructions and measures to confront possible cyber attacks.
"The intelligence ministry has notified the different bodies of the necessary precautions and preventive measures that they need to take against cyber attacks," Moslehi told reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting here in Tehran on Wednesday.
"Hence, these are the organizations themselves which need to decide if they should carry out these protective actions," Moslehi added.
In April Iran announced that it has discovered the Stars virus that was used for espionage purposes.
That was the second cyber attack waged by enemies of Iran to undermine the country's nuclear as well as economic and industrial activities.
In January, Spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Hamid Khadem Qaemi stated that certain western countries' attempts to disrupt activities and operations at Iran's nuclear sites and plants via a malware known as Stuxnet failed to impede the country's progress and advancement.
Earlier, Western media had reported that Iran temporarily halted most of its uranium enrichment work in December and western diplomats said they believed the halt was linked to technical problems caused by Stuxnet worm.
In response, former Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi, who is now the country's Foreign Minister, revealed at the time that some western countries started attempts to disrupt activities and operations at Iran's nuclear sites and plants via Stuxnet a year ago.
"Since a year ago, the westerners have tried to infiltrate our country's nuclear sites to open a way for their worm (Stuxnet worm) to disrupt their activities, but the country's young experts stopped the virus exactly at those points that enemies intended to infiltrate," Salehi stated.
The Stuxnet worm is the first known malicious software of its kind unleashed by computer hackers and has opened the door to a new era of cyber-warfare.
Experts say it is designed to destroy or sabotage factories, power plants, refineries or other industrial installations.
"The intelligence ministry has notified the different bodies of the necessary precautions and preventive measures that they need to take against cyber attacks," Moslehi told reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting here in Tehran on Wednesday.
"Hence, these are the organizations themselves which need to decide if they should carry out these protective actions," Moslehi added.
In April Iran announced that it has discovered the Stars virus that was used for espionage purposes.
That was the second cyber attack waged by enemies of Iran to undermine the country's nuclear as well as economic and industrial activities.
In January, Spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Hamid Khadem Qaemi stated that certain western countries' attempts to disrupt activities and operations at Iran's nuclear sites and plants via a malware known as Stuxnet failed to impede the country's progress and advancement.
Earlier, Western media had reported that Iran temporarily halted most of its uranium enrichment work in December and western diplomats said they believed the halt was linked to technical problems caused by Stuxnet worm.
In response, former Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi, who is now the country's Foreign Minister, revealed at the time that some western countries started attempts to disrupt activities and operations at Iran's nuclear sites and plants via Stuxnet a year ago.
"Since a year ago, the westerners have tried to infiltrate our country's nuclear sites to open a way for their worm (Stuxnet worm) to disrupt their activities, but the country's young experts stopped the virus exactly at those points that enemies intended to infiltrate," Salehi stated.
The Stuxnet worm is the first known malicious software of its kind unleashed by computer hackers and has opened the door to a new era of cyber-warfare.
Experts say it is designed to destroy or sabotage factories, power plants, refineries or other industrial installations.
